The resurrected pirate: the life, death, and subsequent career of the notorious George Lowther /Craig S Chapman.

"George Lowther was a mutineer and a prolific buccaneer during piracy's heyday. Besides terrorising the seas, he mentioned other infamous sea bandits such as Francis Spriggs, Charles Harris, and Edward Low, one of the most sadistic and depraved of all pirate captains. British authories thought they were finally rid of Lowther in 1723, when searchers found a pirate's body where he had been marooned. Yet, 'Lowther the Pirate' resurrected himself 16 years later. Seizing an improbable and fortutious opportunity, he earned a pardon and a commission to serve the Crown during the War of Jenkins' Ear. Lieutenant Lowther, driven by an intense desire to redeem his name, went on to play a key role in Britain's campaign to seize part of the Spanish West Indies. The 18th-century Caribbean was filled with vile marauders and heroic mariners, and George Lowther, it turns out, was a little of both."--